Sunday, July 14, 2013

We posted yesterday concerning a report that Israel had attacked a Syrian port on July 5th. The U.S. had confirmed this in that article. The important take away is these were Russian missiles that were destroyed in this attack.

"US officials have revealed that explosions reported at a key Syrian
port on July 5 were likely the result of an Israeli airstrike.Three officials spoke to CNN
on condition of anonymity, referring to the pre-dawn explosions
in the city of Latakia as an Israeli operation which allegedly
targeted Russian-made Yakhont anti-ship missiles.
The Yakhont is a cruise missile with a range of 300 kilometers,
capable of delivering a warhead weighing in at 250 kilograms.
Russia supplied Syria’s armed forces with a Yakhont missile
battery in 2011.
Shortly after the July 5 incident, the Britain-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that "huge
explosions shook the area where a large Syrian army base and
weapons depots are located."
According to reports by the SOHR published by Haaretz, fighter
jets were seen in the skies around the city of Al-Haffah, which
lies east of Latakia. Several troops were reported as having
been killed or wounded in the ensuing explosions."
Israel's Defense Minister had stated previously his country would attack Russian ships if the S-300 missile system was aboard and en-route to Syria. Russia responded and threatened to retaliate if their shipments were attacked.

While this was not a Russian ship that was attacked on July 5th, nor the S-300 system in question, the war drums are beating very loud at this point in time. How can a nation conduct trade if their exports are attacked? What Israel has just done is in fact an act of war.

"Russia’s defense minister on Saturday said that up to 160,000
servicemen are involved in the large-scale exercises in the Eastern
Military District, double the number initially reported.

“The total number of servicemen involved in the snap drills was up to
81,000 last night, the figure this morning was up to 160,000
servicemen,” Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

The exercises also involve about 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles,
130 aircraft and 70 warships from the Pacific Fleet, Shoigu confirmed.
These latter figures remain unchanged."

This would appear to be in response to the Israeli attack on the recently delivered Russian Yakhont anti-ship missiles.Some media outlets are reporting this is the largest Russian drill in post Soviet times.

The Israeli military
has test-fired a new long-range ballistic missile reportedly capable of
carrying a nuclear, chemical or biological warhead.

The military described Friday’s launch from a base on the
Mediterranean coast as the test of the propulsion system of a missile on
which it declined to elaborate, AFP reported. “This morning, Israel conducted a launching test from
the Palmachim base of a rocket propulsion system," the Israeli ministry
for military affairs said in a brief statement."
When taken individually these events may not seem like much, but when one looks at the whole picture we can see events are continuing to unfold rapidly.

In addition, the situation in Egypt is far from over. Two United States Navy ships have been deployed near Egyptian waters as we posted yesterday. Egyptian media is now reporting the mission of these ships is to invade the African nation of which the U.S. denies.

"The US Embassy in Egypt denied Saturday
that US naval vessels near Egypt's shores are sent in preparation for
military action. A top Marine Corps general said Thursday that two US
marine vessels approached Egypt's Red Sea shore, raising concerns in the
Egyptian media about an imminent military move.""We deny false claims in the Egyptian press that US naval
ships are in the vicinity of the Arabian Peninsula and the Suez Canal to
militarily invade Egypt," read a statement issued on the US embassy's
website. - ZeroHedge

We need to be vigilant in our prayer and preparations as world events start to spiral out of control.

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